6 Month Enlistment Delay

November 21st, 2011, 11:10 PM

I was removed from the Army Reserve's DEP program back in February. I was also (supposed to be) discharged from the Army Reserve. Anyway, I decided that the time was right now and re-enlisted about a week ago. Everything went smoothly, I reserved a spot for training, a job, and a unit. However, when it came time to go to MEPS (for an inspect only), I was told that the Army Reserve never discharged me for some reason. So now I have to wait for the discharge, and then wait another 6 months before re-enlisting. My question is, does the 6 month wait also apply to the Army National Guard? If not, I would rather enlist in the Army National Guard than wait for the Army Reserve to sort it out and then wait another 6 months.

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Basically I thought I had asthma because of what a doctor told me about a month after I enlisted. It was kind of a knee jerk reaction to get out because my recruiter said that I would be in trouble for lying to the army about asthma. Anyways, then I had a pulmonary function test and passed fine and it was determined that I don't have asthma. It wasn't a problem when I tried to re-enlist because I have documentation from my doctor.